Question

What does dispossessed mean in football?

Answer 1

Dispossessed in football means being tackled by an opponent without attempting to dribble past them.

When the football game is dispossessed of footballs it just means they have lost footballs and been deprived of the footballs.

Dispossessed means to be deprived of something.

What is the definition of “Dispossessed” in football?

Dispossessed means being tackled by an opponent without attempting to dribble past them.

What is the meaning of Dispossessed?

adjective. evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted. without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons; rootless; disfranchised.

Answer 2

When you're dispossessed in football it means that you as a player has been deprived of the football by the opposing team and basically means that the other football team has successfully won the ball away from your as a player who was in possession.

An example of being dispossessed in football is that a defender tackles a football player and then wins the ball and the player who lost possession is said to be dispossessed.